January 24, 2007

[mounted stamps tutorial]

Since there's been a lot of pple (ok, not a lot, just more than 5) asking abt how did i do the mounted stamps, i decided to do a mini-tutorial here :)things you'll need - 1.1cm Thick Balsa (not BASE!) wood; 2. UHU glue (or any other liquid glue); 3. Sandpaper; 4.Metal Ruler; 5.Penknife; 6.StampPad; 7. Stamp; 8. Cutting MatStep 1 - measure and cut the balsa wood to required width. (scratch marks were by Gracie - haha... she got a bit carried away with the metal ruler...Step 2 - 2 equal sizes of Balsa WoodStep 3 - Ink and stamp on one half of Balsa Wood (remember which direction)Step 4 - Glue both pieces of wood together and of course the rubber stamp too!Step 5 - For the finishing touch - use sandpaper to go round the whole stamp, smoothing out the imperfections (o! make sure the inked wood is dry first :P)Lastly - store them all in a great case! :) heehee here's the lot i did earlier!

3 comments:

Thanks to your help, I managed to do up a couple of mine too... but I used Base wood and a saw *duh*. But still very satisfied with the results. :D You can see a picture of my mounted stamps here:http://rangersmummy.blogspot.com/2007/01/im-crazy-like-that.html